'Lied flat out': Morning Joe trashes Katie Britt for 'doubling down' on falsehoods

The entire panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" pounced on Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) for blowing off accusations she has been repeatedly lying about a sexual assault victim in an effort to malign President Joe Biden long before she brought it up in last week's State of the Union response.

After sharing a clip of Britt appearing on Sen Ted Cruz's podcast laughing it up about Saturday Night Live spoofing her "scary mom" act, co-host Joe Scarborough wondered why it is Republican lawmakers can't admit it when they are wrong.

"I don't think to this degree, but politicians will do this," the former GOP lawmaker explained. "They will tell stories, they will exaggerate."

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"She blurred a lot of things together after she's caught red-handed trying to make something that happened during the [George W.] Bush administration; trying to attach that to Joe Biden and to say how could this happen in America. Basically in Joe Biden's America. It's cut and dried," he continued. "I'm a big believer, in this case, say, 'I screwed up. Forgive me, I won't do it again. But we do have a much bigger problem in the U.S.' People would be fine with that. I don't think she can do that, though."

"Now the news that is coming out that she's used that story several times," contributor Katty Kay interjected, "It's hard to believe she didn't know is a story that she has used multiple times and has become kind of part of her stump speech — it's hard to believe that she and her team didn't know was a story from back in the [Georg W.] Bush administration."

"Misleading is an understatement, guys," co-host Mika Brzezinski later offered. "The woman lied flat out, now she's doubling down."

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